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SIMA Member company John Weiss & Son Ltd exhibited the Blade Tree, which as 1,851 blades, at The Great Exhibition in 1851. John Weiss was born 1773 in Austria to a family of cutlers and surgical instrument makers. In 1826 he was made a British Citizen and was appointed ‘Razor Maker’ to the King under William IV.
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